|Tides of Temptation | Jack Sparrow x reader

Up is down

Next day I sat on the ground and let my feet dangle off the ship through the fence. When I felt someone's presence next to me, I looked to the side and found Elizabeth. She looked at me with teary eyes, and I looked at her annoyed. She went to hug me, but I quickly removed her hands from me and looked away from her. "Y/n?" She asked. "Leave me the fuck alone." I said, and she then sat down. "What is wrong?" She asked me, and I looked at her irritated. "What is wrong with me?! You killed Jack!" I yelled at her, and she looked a little taken aback. "He's here now. Everything is fine." She said with a little annoyance in her voice. "What if we didn't make it here?! Huh? What if we weren't able to save Jack and he would've been gone forever?" I asked her, and then I scoffed as I looked away. "Elizabeth. He's my everything. I wouldn't stand it if I were to lose him forever." I told her with teary eyes. "Imagine I would've killed Will. Would you ever talk to me again?" I asked her, and she looked at me with a loss of words.

Elizabeth took a deep breath, trying to gather her thoughts. Then she said softly, "Didn't we have a saying... blood is thicker than water?" She looked at you, as if trying to reach out through the pain.

You clenched your jaw, still feeling the anger and hurt rise inside you. "Yeah, maybe," you answered bitterly, "but right now, it doesn't feel like it." Your voice cracked, and for a moment, you fought to hold back the tears threatening to fall. "Right now, it feels like it's all the same. Like what we had doesn't mean anything anymore."

Elizabeth's face fell, as if she realised just how deep the wound she caused really was. "I don't want to talk to you right now, Elizabeth. Maybe one day I'll be able to forgive you, but not today and not tomorrow. Please leave me alone. I can't with you right now." I told her and stood up to leave.

-Meanwhile with Jack-

"Up is down...Well, that's just maddeningly unhelpful." Jack mumbled to himself. "Why are these things never clear?" Jack mumbled again. "Clear as mud, Jackie." Someone suddenly mumbled. "What? Eh?" He said confused. On the left shoulder, suddenly a small Jack Sparrow stood. "Stab the heart." He said, "Don't stab the heart." Another voice said, and on his right shoulder there was now another small jack. "Come again?" Jack asked again. "The Dutchman must have a captain." The right one said. "That's even more than less unhelpful." Jack said to himself. "Sail the seas for eternity." The left one said. "I love the sea." Jack then said. "What about port?" The left one asked again. "I prefer rum. Rum's good." Jack said. "Making port. Where we can get the rum. Once every 10 years." The right one said. "What did he say?" Left asked. "Every ten years," Jack told him. "Ten years is a long time, mate." Left said. "Even longer given the defection of rum." Jack said. "But what about Y/n." Right spoke. "Oh, I love y/n." Jack said with a grin. "But still, eternity is longer." Right said again. "And how will you be spending it? Dead or not?" Left said. "The immortal Captain Jack Sparrow." Right spoke. "Oh, oh, I like that," Jack said with a grin. "The immortal Captain Jack Sparrow, without Y/n." The left said, and Jack frowned. "I don't really like the idea of that." He mumbled to himself. "Come sunset, it won't matter." Right spoke. And Jack suddenly had an idea. "Not sunset. Sundown. And rise. Up." He said in realisation as he turned something on the charts.

-Y/n POV-

"What's that?!" I heard Jack yelling overboard, and I stood up to watch what was going on. "What is that? I don't know. What do you think?" He asked Gibbs. "Where?" Gibbs asked confused. "There." He said and suddenly ran to the other side. "Jack?" I asked and he ran into the other direction again. "Follow me!" He yelled at me, and I just followed him. We ran from one side to another over and over again. "He's rocking the ship!" Pintel said. "We're rocking the ship." Gibbs also said. "Aye, he's onto it." Barbossa said as he looked onto the charts. "Time it with the swell!" Barbossa said as we continued running over the deck. We continued, and the boat was already almost flipping. Then so far, the ship finally started turning, and I held onto the ship rail with Jack next to me. "Now up...is down." Jack said, and we hit the water. I held my breath as long as possible, but my hands slipped, and I felt myself slowly falling when I suddenly felt a hand on my wrist, and I looked at Jack to see him holding me tightly against his chest. I held onto him, and just then I felt a force from the water, and the ship suddenly got pulled up or down; I don't know. The next thing I know is the ship is again on the water, and we all are lying on the ground as the water is slowly floating down from the ship.

I was lying on the ground when I felt hands wrap around me, and Jack pulled me up on my feet. "Blessed sweet werserlies! We're back!" Gibbs yelled, and we all then looked around. "Wow, it's beautiful." I said as I looked at the sunrise. We all watched it for a moment until Barbossa suddenly pulled out a gun and pointed it at Jack. Jack pulled me behind him, and Gibbs, Will, and Elizabeth pointed their guns at Barbossa. Jack then pointed his at Will and Will one at Jack, the same with Elizabeth. Who looked at him angrily; I just glared back at her. I then noticed how Jack the Monkey pointed at Cotton's parrot.